United College Collegiate - Tric Tics Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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POETRY We wish to extend our thanks to Miss Bennett, Miss Megaffin, and Mr. Longman, who so kindly consented to judge our Literary contest. 1st Prize ADVERTISEMENTS Science has reached the Pinnacle! Knowledge reigns Supreme! For in our mouthwash now is found — HEXACHLORAPHENE! What’s in this drug? Who dares to ask? A voice cries “Heresy”, “What’s good enough for Colgate, is good enough for me.” This ad should not be treated light, the pressure is too sore, For we are victims of this fight—this never ending war Of Ad-men, “Cad”-men, mad-men; the purgers of our brains, Who plead with us to buy their goods, “Without Financial Strains.” “Buy Now,” “Buy Large,” “Buy Happiness,” Fight the dread Inflation, Little realizing they indoctrinate a nation! Packard warned us; Wylie too. To them we pay no heed. Victims of our warped desires; fulfillers of our greed! The T.V. set, the radio, they weave o’er us a hex, What they can’t sell with honesty, they sell to us with SEX. Ah, yes! These beauteous maidens, who adorn our billboards where They plug everything from toothpicks, to Chevrolet’s Corvair. But are these ladies experts? Can they give a sage opinion? Or are they meant to decorate,—create in us a minion? Should we tolerate this trash? Mankind, take a stand! Eliminate these foolish ads, and purify the land. —Dave Maclennan, 11-B. 36